“Shuo ge 2-- Shou ge!” A starling with a fully-black body and gold yellow hair on the top of its head flew inside an adobe house. Fluttering its wings, it landed on the shoulder of a young man. Adobe house Photo credit: baidu.com The young man was around 25-6 year old. He’s wearing an old set of Zhongshan suit, bespectacled, and a cigarette resting on one ear. Zhongshan suit Photo credit: kuaibao.qq.com Opened up on top of his desk was text book of literature class for second graders. His name is Lin Shuo, he came to this border region of southwest China six years ago and became the substitute teacher for the only grade school within a hundred miles. He stopped and put down the fountain pen in his hand and looked at the starling. Smiling, he removed the cigarette from his ear and lit it with a match and handed it over to it. The starling stood on one leg and skillfully took the cigarette from him with the other and started smoking it wi...
